NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2017/06/02

Dear friends of NCSE,
A new issue of RNCSE is available on-line, as is a preview of Rob
Wesson's Darwin's First Theory.

RNCSE 37:2 NOW ON-LINE
NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the
National Center for Science Education is now available on-line. The
issue -- volume 37, number 2 -- is the sixth issue in the newsletter's
new, streamlined, and full-color format.
Featured are Stephanie Keep's interview of climatologist Ben Santer;
Randy Moore's discussion of a creationist museum in Abilene, Texas;
Emily Schoerning's report on NCSE's Science Booster Club program; Ann
Reid's review of Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles's The Madhouse Effect;
and Claire Adrian-Tucci's introduction to the members of NCSE's
Teacher Advisory Board.
The entire issue is freely available in PDF form from
http://reports.ncse.com. Members of NCSE will have already received
the issue in the mail, and will be receiving the next issue of Reports
in early 2017. (Not a member? Join today!)
For RNCSE 37:2 (PDF), visit:
http://reports.ncse.com/index.php/rncse/article/view/411/802
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A GLIMPSE OF DARWIN'S FIRST THEORY
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview of Rob Wesson's Darwin's First
Theory: Exploring Darwin's Quest for a Theory of Earth (Pegasus Books,
2017). The preview consists of chapter 14, "From Natural Selection to
Plate Tectonics," which offers a personal and historical exploration
of the connections between Darwin's travel and science and the
development of modern plate tectonics.
Rob Wesson is a Scientist Emeritus at the United States Geological
Survey. Robert H. Dott Jr. (a member of NCSE's Advisory Council)
describes Darwin's First Theory as "[a] lively, readable account of
field experiences while chasing the records in southern Chile of
several of Earth's most severe earthquakes. A very welcome addition
to the history of the geosciences."
For the preview (PDF), visit:
https://ncse.com/files/pub/evolution/excerpt--first.pdf
And for information about the book from its publisher, visit:
http://pegasusbooks.com/books/darwins-first-theory-9781681773162-hardcover
WHAT'S NEW AT NCSE'S BLOG?
Have you been visiting NCSE's blog recently? If not, then you've missed:
* Claire Adrian-Tucci's reporting on the latest from NCSE's Scientist
in the Classroom program:
https://ncse.com/blog/2017/06/scientist-classroom-update-0018545
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Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website --
http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on
evolution and climate education and threats to them.
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Sincerely,
Glenn Branch
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